accomplishment

1 a successful result brought about by hard work our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover Synonyms achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization Phrases a feather in one's cap Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback Antonyms nonachievement

2 the doing of an action your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated Synonyms commission, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuanceRelated Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3 the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see Synonyms fruition, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realizationRelated Words success, triumphNear Antonyms defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccessAntonyms naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

4 a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit Synonyms culture, civilization, couth, cultivation, polish, refinementRelated Words education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship; cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity; breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners; class, elegance, grace, taste; civility, courteousness, courtesy, politenessNear Antonyms ignorance, illiteracy; parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication; boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarityAntonyms barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism